Beijing, May 5 (Xinhua) (Xie Yanbing, Xing Zhen) Zhao Lijian, spokesman of the Chinese Ministry of foreign affairs, presided over a regular press conference on May 5.

A reporter asked: according to US media reports, US security researchers said that “hackers” associated with the Chinese government tried to “steal” sensitive data from more than 36 manufacturing and technology enterprises in the United States, Europe and Asia. What is the speaker’s comment on this?

Zhao Lijian: on the one hand, the United States groundlessly accuses China on the issue of network security, and on the other hand, it abuses the world’s leading network technology to implement large-scale monitoring and secret stealing.

A few days ago, the annual report of the office of the director of national intelligence showed that in the past year, the FBI conducted as many as 3.4 million searches on the electronic data of the American people without a search warrant. In addition to violating the privacy of its citizens, the United States also conducted large-scale eavesdropping on other countries and even allies and partners. Recently, China’s cyber security company released a series of reports exposing the US government’s malicious cyber activities against many countries around the world, including China. The US side has not made any explanation.

You can’t whitewash yourself by smearing others. Facts have long proved that the United States is a well deserved hacker empire, monitoring Empire and secret stealing empire. The United States should deeply devote itself to self-examination, stop stealing secrets against China and the world, stop throwing dirty water on other countries on network security issues, and be a truly responsible cyberspace actor. Relevant enterprises should also uphold professionalism and avoid becoming accomplices of the United States to create false information and discredit other countries for political purposes. (end)